Vanity case



May 27, 1924. 1,495,482

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support and its compact.

mind the. end last indicated. the invent on,

Patented May 27, 1924.

. UNHEEE STATES lAdSAtZ RICHARD HOILE, OF VEHONA, NEW JERSEY.

VANITY CASE.

Application filed June 1,

.7 '0 a l 2127x0171 may concern Be it known that l, Ricimnn Home, a citizen of the United States. residing at verona, in the county of Essex and State of llew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vanity Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers, and more particularly aims to provide a container of the so-called vanity case type, in which there may be housed not only a mirror, and preferably merely one such mirror, but both face-powder and rouge compacts, and preferably also a powderputt for each compact or cosmetic cake; the

entire construction being such that a simplified, most convenient and otherwise improved device is provided when the vanity case open, and a small and attractively proportioned trinket is provided when the case is closed.

In that the invention is preferably carried out by providing preferably a pair of cup-like permanently hingedly connected casing; members, in combination with a pivotally mounted intermediate structure for carrying dissimilar compacts on opposite sides of said intermediate structure, the new vanity case does not depart materally from what has been heretofore proposed. A special object of the present invention, however, is to provide such intermediate structure so that the same includes in the main two parts. one a permanently incorporated hine'edly mounted member arranged intermediate the complementary casing members. and the other a reversible and hence revolubly mounted compact-support proper, pivotally mounted on the intermediate member at a point or rather along a line re moved from the line or lines of inter-pivoting' of the intermediate member and the two casing members.

A. further object of the invention is to provide said. permanently incorporated intermediate member of a particular design and for a particular purpose; and in that connection to provide the revolubl-e support of a particular construction; all whereby said intermediate member. which is preferably of yok -like design, is adapted readily detachably to carry the revoluble And having 111 aims to provide the parts just mentioned ment unit aforesaid, that 1922. semi No. 642,779.

in combination with special journalling instrumentalities for the revoluble support and partially carried by support and yoke, and to 'n'ovide said instrumentali'ties. preferably in part consisting of a yoke like intermediate member of inherently resilient material, such that the support is always instantaneously removable relative to' its revoluble mount, and so that similar supports may be later purchased independently as replacement units to be instantaneously substituted for a previously incorporated support. the compacts on opposite sides of which have been consumed.

A further object is to provide a vanity case having a readily replaceable compactsupport as above indicated, and having also means. for revolubly mounting such support, but a case of exceedingly small size and yet adapted to provide, when closed, a special compartment or holderv for each of two different powder-puffs or dab-rags, one such puff or rap; for each compact, and with one compartment or holder forming a permanent but inexpensive part of the replace.

is, the compact support. v

According to the construction hereinafter described in detail, and constituting a preferred but merely illustrative embodiment of the 'inventionsince the invention may be carried out, obviously, in a multiplicity of different ways and yet keep within the scope of protection indicated by the appended claims,-an exceedingly inexpensive replacement unit may be furnished, and one 'arryin e', if desired, a pocket-establishing 1 structure to receive say a small rouge-puff. offset from one side of the. support and that side of the support. carrying the rouge compact. Vith such a support, the vanity case. when closed. may be quite thin and yet ideally provide a main powder-puff compartment offset from the side of the support carrying the face-powder compact; and then, with the vanity case carrying interiorly but a single mirror, which is an important cost-reducing feature, such mirror may be located-to be always removed from either compact and also from the facepowder pufl and hence always to be unobscured by powder deposits. On the other hand, said single mirror is the only'o-ne re quired, due to the-revoluble mounting of the support on the intermediate member and the hinge mounting of such intermediate member relative to the complementary casina' members. one of which latter carries said mirror; all will be clear from the following description of said preferred embodiment shown in the accompanying drawing. i

in said thawing, Figure l is a perspective view. showing the case closed;

Figure F2 is a view similar to Figure 1, showing the case partially open, that is. with the upper casing; member swui'ig away from the, other parts to disclose the single mirror furnished:

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional View, showing both casino members swung away from the intermediate yoke-like member and its revolubly carried. support or platform for the two compacts; and.

Figure 4 shows the parts as in. Figure 3, but with the compact support in a different position and with the rouge powder-puff removed from its holder forming a permanent part of the replaceable support.

mirror. such mirror being: shown at 7, and

'l;f l'l'}j suitably permanently anchored in two members 5 and 6 are pivotallv intor-connected, or hinged to; ether. a indi- '-a ed at El, will he en. when Figure 1 is compared say with Figure 3, the hinge means 8 includes three leaves. two of which are respectively secured to the two casino: members 5 and 6. and the third of which. marked swing'able relative to either of the other two leaves and hence relative to either of the casing; members.

It is this third leaf 8 which hingedly mounts an intermediate member 9. here of semimircular yoke-like construction: the swinging end of leaf 8 being suitably secured to the intermediate member, hereinafter caller the yoke, midway of the free ends of the latter.

The re, .-'oluble support is a disc-like mem her or platform 10 having suitably permanently adherent to opposite faces thereof two compacts. one marked -11 and being a wake of face-ponuler. and. the other marked l2 and heme a smaller case of rouge.

Support 10 is revolubly mounted on yoke f) by means of pivot-pins 13 on the outer ends of the latter. facingeach other. and

aligned suliistantially parallel to the axis of mo e n. rhese pins-1 are seated in recesses or sockets .cut n the cylindrical wall of support 10 ati'liametrically opposite points.

The support may be of wood or any other suitable material, but the yoke, at least in the case of the present embodiment, is of spring metal having such a resilient set that with the parts arranged as shown in the drawing, the support may be readily revolved when the case is open as shown in l igures 3 and 4, and yet the yoke arms may be readily pried apart or pulled away from each other by the fingers, for the removal of a support 10 and the substitution of another support with new compacts. Thus the revoluble mounting of each sup port 10 one including a plurality of aligned iournalling" devices, each such de vice including a pin and a socket, and a revoluble mounting such that a new compact carrying unit or support 10 may be readily substituted for another, yet such a mountingthat a revolubly incorporated compact-support may never he accidentally displaced from its yoke.

As shown in Figure 3, the support may be arranged parallel with and between the upper and lower planes of the preferably bandrlike yoke; and then the casing members 5 and 6 may be snapped closed to house all the parts protectively against each other. Such parts include a face-powderpuft' I l normally accommodated in its own compartment within the interior of easing; member 3: a pocket establishing structure 14 permanently carried by support 10 over rouge compact 12; and a rouge-puff 15, dabran' or the like. it desirable of course that the support 10 be arranged as shown in l isrure 2, that is with the compact ll lowermost and facin s1 powder-puff 14. when the (aso is closed. in use. however. it will be understood that once the parts are arranged as shown in Figure 3, that is. the two casing inen'ibers and the intermediate structure arranged divergingly. the support 10 is revolved through 180 degrees or maintained as shown in Figure 2-3, according as it is desired to use the compact 1-2 or the compact ll. ln using the latter compact, the rougepuff l5 of course employed. In using the compact '12. the powder-pull" 1% is of course employed. ln either case. the single mirror serves.

..\s hcreinbefore indicated. variations may be freely resorted to, within the scope of the following claims.

I claim l. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate mem-' sions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support carrying on opposite faces compacts of dissimilar nature.

3. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support carrying on opposite faces compacts of dissimilar nature, one of which is a face-powder compact, there being also provided a mirror in one of said case-subdivisions, a compartment being provided fora poWder-pufi for the last-mentioned compact in the other casesubdivision when the case is closed.

4. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support having permanently affixed to one side thereof a face-powder compact and permanently affixed to the other side thereof a rouge compact, said support and its compacts forming a reversible cosmetic tray and one of said case-subdivisions carrying an interior mirror observable whichever compact is oflered by such tray.

5. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members be ing cup-like top and bottom casesubdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support having permanently affixed to one side thereof a facepowder compact and permanently affixed to the other side thereof a rouge compact, said support and its compacts forming a replaceable unit relative to the intermediate member, to this end there being provided readily releasable means revolubly mounting the support on the intermediate member.

6. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support having permanently aflixed to one side thereof a face powder compact and permanently affixed to the other side thereof a rouge compact, said support and its compacts forming a reversible cosmetic tray and one of said case-subdivisions carrying an interior mirror observable Whichever compact is offered by such tray, said support also carrying a pocket-establishing structure for releasably holding a powder-puff.

7. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions. and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support carrying on opposite faces compacts of dissimilar nature, one of which is a facepowder compact, there being also provided a mirror in one of said case-sul'idivisions, a

compartment being provided for a powderpuff for the last-mentioned compact in'the other case-subdivision when the case is closed, and there being further provided a pocket-establishing structure on the support so disposed and arranged relative to the other compact that a powder-pufi for said other compact may be removably wedged in such pocket to overlie said other compact.

8. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support, said intermediate member being a frame carrying at diametrically opposite points journalling means for the support, said journalling means including co-acting pin and socket elements carried by the in termediate member and by the support and one of such elements being resiliently biased to a certain position relative to another whereby the support is normally securely mounted for revolution yet may be readily bodily separated from the intermediate member.

9. A vanity case including three hingedly connected members, two of such members being cup-like top and bottom case-subdivisions, and the third being intermediate the members last-mentioned but movable relative to either thereof, said intermediate member carrying a revoluble plate-like support, said intermediate member being a yoke carrying resiliently at its free ends shaped elements constituting parts of pairs of aligned. pin and socket means for revolubly mounting said support as aforesaid, said means being partially carried by said support.

10. A vanity case including concave top and bottom members permanently hingedly connected and having matching skirt portions, a mirror in one of said members, a frame-like intermediate member permanently hingedly connected to one of the first-mentioned members, and a revoluble support adapted permanently to carry dissimilar compacts on opposite sides thereof,

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said support being impermanently pivotally mounted on the intermediate member, and said three members and the support bering so constructed and arranged that When the case is closed the intermediate member and the support are housed completely within the tWo first-mentioned members and when the case is open the support is freely revoluble relative to the intermediate mem bers.

11. A vanity case including concave top and bottom members permanently hingedly connected and having matching skirt portions, a mirror in one of said members, frame-like intermediate member permanently hingedly connected to one of the firstmentioned members, and a revoluble support adapted permanently to carry dissimilar compacts on opposite sides thereof, said support being impermanently pivotally mounted on the intermediate member and said three members and the support being so constructed and arranged that when the case is closed the intermediate member and the support are housed completely within the two first-mentioned members and when the case is open. the support is freely revoluble relative to the intermediate members, said support carrying a pocketestablishing structure adapted releasably to hold a powderpuff, and the parts being further so constructed and arranged that with the case closed a powder-puff received as just described may be housed Within the case directly opposite said mirror thereby to estal lish a compartment on the opposite side of the support for accommodating a second powder-puff.

In testimony Whereoi I afiix my signature.

RICHARD HOILE. 

